Race Results News

The R.O.A.R. 1:10 Electric Off-Road Nationals drew the best racers throughout the U.S. and Canada to compete for the coveted titles. This year, The Track in Gaithersburg, MD (just outside of Washington D.C.) hosted the event and presented a unique challenge. As a facility that doesn't have a signature event,...

The 2017 California Touring Series (CTS2) visited Speedworld Raceway in Roseville for the sixth and final round of the championship. Going into the final round, Rick Hohwart led the series by a healthy margin with 2016 champion Eric Albano the only other driver with a mathematical chance to overtake the...

Round #2 of the 2017 JConcepts Indoor Nationals made its annual stop at Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, WA for the Spring Indoor Nationals. Now in its seventh year of existence, the popular series continues to draw racers from all over the country. Team Associated was lead by four-time World...

This past weekend my father and I attended Round 2 of the Australian Nationals Series. The weekend held almost 200 entries competing in the 1/8 Buggy and Truck races over the four days in Melbourne, Australia.

Thursday held two rounds of practice and the first round of qualifying. The track...

This weekend I attended the 4th annual "The Dirt" Lone Star Challenge at Thornhill Racing Circuit. This race has been growing yearly, bringing in more entries each year, this time totaling 358 -- the most yet. This year for the track layout Joey and Thornhill decided to incorporate a "joker"...

Round 2 of the Victorian Drivers Series saw over 100 entries race at the Knox club in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The club had recently laid down a new clay surface -- which received over 80mm of rain just before the event. Thanks to hard work from...

Easter weekend means many things, but to those who are at the top of 1:8 off road it means NEO weekend. For the 12th year in a row racers gathered from around the world to compete at the event dubbed "The Indoor Worlds." Hosted by the popular website neobuggy.net, NEO17...

This past Friday and Saturday I traveled to Springfield, OH to compete in the first Nobody's Fool Trophy Race. The event was a first for promoter Von Perry and Access Hobbies. It was more laid back and had a sense of "kiddie" feel. That might be due to it also...

Mark Rogers in 2WD and Ray Munday in 4WD led Team Associated and Reedy to a sweep of the Modified Buggy classes in Round 1 of the Victorian Drivers Series in Australia. Held in the regional town of Wodonga, over 90 entries raced on the fantastic red clay outdoor track...

Team Associated's young Finnish star Joona Haatanen had quite a weekend at round 4 of the European Off-Road Series at the brand new Arena33 facility in Andernach, Germany. Taking the overall top qualifying position in 2WD with his Reedy-powered B6, the former Reedy Race 2WD Open class champion fought hard...

The 2017 Canadian Nationals once again returned to the Seaway Mall in Welland, Ontario for what has become one of the biggest on-road competitions in North America. An enlarged track in a closed department store within the mall housed a huge 120' x 60' surface and a record 462 entries!...

Last weekend I attended the first round of the Australian Nationals, held at a track run by the South District Model Car Club (SDMCC) down in Adelaide, South Australia. This weekend I would be running my RC8T3 and my RC8B3 for four rounds of qualifying and then into the semi-final...

It was an awesome weekend for Team Associated at the international Bütschwil GP, held in Switzerland. BC Hornets put on a good event with over 100 drivers from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal, and others racing on its challenging indoor dirt track.

This was the first race at our new indoor race track here in Tg-Mures Transilvania. We had about 35 racers from around the country for the first race, battling in four classes. Fxmodells/ Fxracing driver Jako Zsolt won the 13.5T 2WD Buggy class with his Team Associated B6D. He dominated...

The 2017 California Touring Series round 2 (CTS2) visited Freedom Park Raceway in Camarillo for the second round of the championship. A healthy turnout of over 100 entries (27 in Modified TC alone) were on hand at the historic facility which has been in operation for over 30 years! Series...

Team Associated had a terrific showing in round 1 of the JBRL electric series. Coyote Hobbies in Victorville, CA, is a great facility with caring owners who worked very hard to keep their track in the best condition.

On Saturday we started off with two rounds of qualifying. After both...

The 2017 R.O.A.R. Carpet Nationals was hosted by Donny Lia's impressive 360V2 Raceway in New Rochelle, NY. A challenging, relatively large track layout and CRC black carpet surface rewarded great driving and those who could adapt their setups to high grip levels that increased as the event wore on.

The inaugural Desert Classic was hosted by the amazing new Hobby Action facility in Chandler, Arizona. Drivers from across the United States descended on the new facility, and the event created for some excellent racing among the 286 entries. The event was condensed into two days of racing with three...